What they're asking about 2,328 questions asked · 24 departments

• Health 792 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting initial CAMHS appointments after referral in Clare; how long they are waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45305/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2465 of 23 July 2024, for an updated breakdown of the nursing vacancies in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44988/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to outline how long the disciplinary procedures in respect of the six individuals in the UL Hospitals Group connected to the circumstances that led to the death of a person (details supplied) are expected to take; if each of those six will be redeployed in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45303/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery timeline for the Ennis haemodialysis unit (details supplied). [45307/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason the Ennis Mental Health Day Hospital is currently operating without a psychologist after the retirement of the existing doctor; the reason patients are being told there are currently no plans to bring in another psychologist; if the recruitment ceiling has affected the provision of a replacement psychologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45308/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the long-term staff vacancies in the Kilrush Day Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45309/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his plans to vindicate the rights of families and children living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45310/24]
  • 2024-10-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2453 of 23 July 2024, if he will confirm the timeline for opening the Ennis haemodialysis unit; on what site will it be based; if patients can still expect it to be open in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40644/24]
  • 2024-10-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to consider providing funding in budget 2025 for a mental health services adult and children eating disorder team in the mid-west under the new national model of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39431/24]
  • 2024-10-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the progress made by his Department in respect of the status of the mental health de-escalation unit and the dual diagnosis programme for the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39430/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the procurement process of the Children's Hospital, its expected opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39432/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health to outline, in respect of the county Clare CAMHS structures, the number of teams in place, if there are any vacancies on these teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39433/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the problems facing Shannondoc; the reason its services are now limited to those living in the west Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39434/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will consider expanding the long-term illness scheme to more conditions such as early onset Alzheimer’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35792/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to accident and emergency charges of over €100 for parents of children with specialist care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the safeguarding policy in place for vulnerable patients (details supplied) once admitted to the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) has been waiting six months for an appointment, after two GP letters regarding the suspected recurrence of skin cancer, although the patient now has an appointment for November, if the Minister is content with this level of cancer care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35795/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason for delays in tonsillectomy for a child (details supplied) whose health is severely compromised due to the wait for this routine procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35796/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the progress in extending the LIU hours in each CHO, in particular CHO3, as they are the most pressured CHO in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the means by which a pregnant person (details supplied) is supposed to avail of sufficient maternity care if no local GPs are willing to take her on as a patient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33022/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what the policy and protocol is regarding do-not-resuscitate orders in UHL and the model 2 hospitals in the mid-west region (Ennis, Nenagh and St. Johns); if these policies and protocols conform with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33023/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the training that is provided to staff in respect of do-not-resuscitate orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33024/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of do-not-resuscitate orders being offered to patients that are non-compos mentis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33025/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health what reassurance can be provided in respect of protocols that are in place to ensure that inpatients’ human rights and dignity are respected in model 2 hospitals such as Ennis General Hospital when an emergency occurs. [33026/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who had a do-not-resuscitate order activated in Ennis General Hospital, UHL and the others in CHO3 for the years 2010-2023, in tabular form. [33027/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of further patients presented to UHL with sepsis since the death of a person (details supplied) who are still not being treated in accordance with sepsis policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33028/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health his views on the lack of adult psychiatric beds for those with eating disorders in the mid-west region. [33038/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that GPs have suitably fast access to diagnostics equivalent to those in acute settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33042/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health how many staff have been lost in the recruitment stages of UHL recruitment to other services; how many left in the panel stages of recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33043/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 29 February 2024, if the proposal for an externally contracted satellite haemodialysis unit at Ennis has been granted approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33045/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the plans to implement the citizens assembly recommendation for a joint report on an annual basis detailing total and disaggregated expenditure and channels of funding provided for drug-related services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33046/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the newborn bloodspot screening panel from nine diseases to at least the European average of eighteen diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33055/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transported in the non-ambulance patient transport policy, 2020-2024, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33056/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transported in emergency ambulances for AS3 non-urgent interfacility transfer, 2020-2024, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33057/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the plans within his Department to expand the non-ambulance patient transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33058/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health given that the six hospitals in the UHL group function as one hospital system, if there are any plans for a shuttle bus or equivalent between the hospitals for patient use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33059/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of operational emergency ambulance and intermediate care vehicles currently on the road, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33060/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the failure rate of emergency ambulances and intermediate care vehicles in their vehicle roadworthiness inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33061/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of qualified advanced paramedics in the midwest region who are currently serving in desk positions, outside of those on light duty for practical reasons, out of the 43 advanced paramedics in the region; if some of those desk positions could be filled by a clerk who is not licensed to practice as an advanced paramedic, to increase the number of paramedics on the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33062/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health whether the vacancies in UHG pathology were affected by the recruitment embargo; how his Department intends to address these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33063/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the timeline for release of Justice Clarke’s report into the mid-west region urgent and emergency care capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33064/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the nursing vacancies in UHL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33065/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of eating disorder referrals that have been made from UHL emergency department since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33067/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason primary care psychology services for County Clare are provided from the Ennis Centre, as opposed to utilising the Kilrush Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33068/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for primary care psychology services in County Clare, divided by local area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33069/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the unpredictable nature of satellite Shannondoc service hours in west Clare; if he will facilitate a meeting with service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33070/24]
  • 2024-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason the Labour Court recommendation of 20 September 2023 (details supplied) has not yet been implemented across the board; the timeline for its full implementation including proper regard for CNS and CPCs; the reason for delaying the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30662/24]
  • 2024-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health the reason the Labour Court recommendation of 20 September 2023 (details supplied) has not yet been implemented across the board; the timeline for its full implementation, including proper regard for CNS and CPCs; the reason for delaying the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30661/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Health if the catering service in the UL Hospitals Group is in-house or outsourced; if the same provider is in use across the UL Hospitals Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/24]
  • …and 742 more questions on Health
• Housing 325 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 7 December 2023, if the review on the differential rent review has been completed; if not, for an update on the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45292/24]
  • 2024-10-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on revised social housing targets in Clare; the progress on the target of 153 new social homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42931/24]
  • 2024-10-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the defective concrete block remediation scheme in Clare; if he has plans to expand eligibility for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42932/24]
  • 2024-10-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details on the vacant property refurbishment scheme, by county, in tabular form: the number of applications received; the number applications successful; if possible, the average value of applications per county; and if possible, the most common reason applications were unsuccessful. [42935/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason graduates from private and independent higher education institutions in Ireland, specifically those awarded QQI, HETAC, and NCEA degrees, have been excluded from the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024, when the Bill is designed to extend the franchise to a broader range of graduates. [39435/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered lowering the voting age to 16- or 17-years-of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39441/24]
  • 2024-09-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason inter-county social housing transfers are no longer allowed in general or even under special circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/24]
  • 2024-09-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to assist the homeowners approved for the concrete defective block scheme that are unable to secure home insurance due to the issue of pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/24]
  • 2024-09-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the housing assistance payments are in respect of three kids and more; the reason it does not increase for any child after the third; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37029/24]
  • 2024-09-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rental inspections completed by local authorities, by county, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [37031/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding drawn down for Traveller-specific accommodation in County Clare in the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35801/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delays in processing housing applications and HMD1 forms by local authorities, with a current waiting list of 12 weeks in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35802/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an increase of current expenditure to Clare County Council to meet the specified requirement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the 16-week wait time for pre-planning applications of water connectivity with Uisce Éireann. [35806/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the progress of the One Shannon Hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33052/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations that are currently in place to protect tenants, including local authority tenants, from living in a property with only one exit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority properties require occupational therapists to review properties before they are assigned to tenants with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33041/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 262 of 28 May 2024, for an update on the review his Department undertook in respect of the differential rent scheme for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress made since the announcement of the inclusion of Broadford and Cooraclare for wastewater treatment centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33048/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made on the tenant incremental purchase scheme as operated by Clare County Council since its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33049/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the combining of two existing applications for social housing, if it could be possible to do so without making an entirely new application, which would reset the time spent on the list to a couple’s detriment (details supplied); and if he will outline the principles guiding his Department’s decision on this matter. [33054/24]
  • 2024-06-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of families and individuals who made contact with local authorities on the basis that they considered themselves to be homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27769/24]
  • 2024-06-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the national rightsizing policy; when his Department plans to have that published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/24]
  • 2024-05-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the housing deficits in the State as reported by the Housing Commission recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24312/24]
  • 2024-05-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the challenges with the defective concrete block scheme in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24313/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the progress made in respect of the review into the differential rent administered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23553/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what the process is for adding another person to a social housing application in instances where the said person is seriously ill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21365/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to accommodate those who will be undertaking remediation of their properties under the defective block scheme in Clare; if he is considering side-by-side building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20059/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the reckonable income directions under Section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 sent to local authorities in December 2023; the reason persons in receipt of carer's allowance would be disregarded for the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20061/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the direction his Department has given local authorities in respect of providing homeless services to persons who may be in arrears with their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20065/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer's allowance is considered an eligible form of income for the tenant incremental purchase scheme. [20067/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a road safety officer in each of the 31 local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that a road safety officer vacancy will be filled in Clare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer's allowance can be considered a form of income in the purchase of a council house for a person (details supplied). [18777/24]
  • 2024-04-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what progress has been made in respect of the two affordable housing scheme applications from Clare County Council for Ennis; if approval has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17219/24]
  • 2024-04-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update following the recent housing development rejection by his Department in north Clare due to a lack of water infrastructure after approval being received from his Department for the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17220/24]
  • 2024-04-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures a tenant can take in cases where they do not receive an official notice to quit and therefore local authorities do not accept them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17224/24]
  • 2024-04-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on the provision of affordable housing in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15723/24]
  • 2024-04-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will comment on the success or otherwise of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason not one applicant has received the defective concrete block scheme grant in Clare; when he expects the first grants to be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15725/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be conducting an inquiry into the offending parties in respect of the defective concrete blocks issue that has plagued homeowners across the State and destroyed people’s homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the defective concrete block scheme with respect to homeowners who have mortgages that are worth zero; if he has considered the implications for them in respect of insurance and the liability to have any currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the significant delays homeowners affected by the defective concrete blocks scheme have been facing with the Housing Agency and the impact that this is having on the homeowners who are already dealing with issues with their property daily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15728/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on significant delays that have been experienced by homeowners availing of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme with respect to ability to contact the Housing Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the point of a damage threshold in respect of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15730/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans for ensuring that service users of emergency accommodation from local authorities will seek their feedback on their experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15731/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the disagreement in respect of deleterious foundations in properties in Clare affected by the defective concrete blocks scheme; if he will address the matter that deleterious foundations also need to be remediated as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15732/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the appeals process for the defective concrete blocks scheme; when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15733/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the fact that builders in Clare are saying that they will not build on defective foundations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/24]
  • 2024-04-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the trauma that owning a property with defective concrete blocks has been exacerbated by the poor administration of the DCB scheme; the effects on their health and advanced ageing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/24]
  • …and 275 more questions on Housing
• Children 211 questions

  • 2024-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a radio interview (details supplied), if he will provide details of his exit strategy for the Clare hospitality industry, which currently has 25% of its capacity being utilised for IPAS services. [44987/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the case of a person with cerebral palsy (details supplied) who cannot receive their full personal assistant hours as allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45296/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a patient (details supplied) that was receiving physiotherapy with charitable organisations as a minor is expected, now in their mid-thirties, to leave this system and organise their own physiotherapy; his views on whether his Department it is doing enough to vindicate the right of people with disabilities to have access to physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45297/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the review of the eligibility criteria for the ECCE scheme; if that review will look at the lower age limit with a view to reducing the age limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale behind the delay in an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied); how much longer the child is expected to wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45299/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of vacancies in the CDNT services, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting longer than six months for AON assessment in Clare; how long they are waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45306/24]
  • 2024-10-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to add the tenth ground of discrimination and codify socioeconomic status as a protected ground under the Equality Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43570/24]
  • 2024-10-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans there are to vindicate the rights of disabled people to access the complaints mechanisms contained in the optional protocol of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43569/24]
  • 2024-10-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department plans to address the low rate of disability employment in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43577/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing youth work funding to pre-austerity levels, adjusted for inflation and population growth, including costs for pay parity for youth workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39440/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancies that currently exist within the CDNT teams, by each CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the current occupational therapy vacancy still exists within the Blackberry CDNT in Tipperary, causing at least one patient (details supplied) to wait two and a half years for an appointment; when the HSE expects the position to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35779/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress his Department has made in respect of adding the socio-economic grounds, as a ground for discrimination, in the Equality Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35780/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will accept that the CDNT pathway has not sufficiently alleviated the wait for assessments of needs and services; if he will consider an integration of services in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35781/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on those children referred to primary care receiving more service appointments weekly compared to those children referred to CDNT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35782/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address the recruitment issue within the CDNT teams; if the HSE are offering full-time permanent contracts when these vacancies are advertised, as opposed to part-time, temporary or agency cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35783/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to recognise hidden disabilities; if it will work with one of the schemes (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33021/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to core funding of €240,000 for all 121 family resource centres, totalling €8 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33031/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department plans to ensure that no new family resource centre will be planned until all existent family resource centres are on the same footing and aligned in terms of core funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33032/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the fact that early childhood care education learning educators are unhappy with the lack of recognition of the sector; if he will take steps to ensure that they are fully recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33033/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the lack of data being collated by his Department in respect of children in special schools, and their outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the need will be addressed for a six-year plan to build more inclusive schools by 2030 and have sufficient school places for special needs students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33035/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the 27% of children reported to have experienced physical restraint in schools, according to Inclusion Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33036/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number attending disability day centres for persons with disabilities, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33037/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE vacancies in children’s disability services for the past twelve months for CHO3, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33066/24]
  • 2024-07-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he approves of the decision to relocate Ukrainian families who have settled in and become enmeshed within the community of Kilbaha, County Clare; the reason such a decision was considered necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29542/24]
  • 2024-06-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been any progress from the Cabinet committee on implementation of the UNCRPD (details supplied). [26239/24]
  • 2024-06-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the critical shortage of personal assistant hours for people with disabilities in this country in general; the reason a person (details supplied) has been put in a position where their 70-year-old parents are assisting them because they receive no PA support two days a week and only half-day support for two other days; his views on whether his Department is adequately supporting disabled people that require personal assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/24]
  • 2024-06-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1347 of 17 January 2024, if he has followed up with the Minister for Social Protection on the issue of pension support for foster carers, as he promised in a response (details supplied); his views on whether the situation foster carers are in is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/24]
  • 2024-06-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1168 of 9 April 2024, the reason only two additional hours were granted for the person; the reason the additional two hours had to be organised as one additional hour on two separate days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25775/24]
  • 2024-06-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the delay for a person (details supplied) in accessing an assessment of needs and how this is vitally important in order to enrol in school and receive speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25776/24]
  • 2024-06-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of security and safety technology that can be provided to age-friendly persons; if there is a mechanism in place currently for people with disabilities to enable them to live independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25778/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason emergency funding for sustainability of an organisation (details supplied) has not been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24598/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he could provide clarification around a case (details supplied) where they are awaiting a multidisciplinary assessment and not an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24599/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has decided to move over 200 Ukrainians from a location (details supplied) after two years of those individuals and families have lived there; where they will be moved to; his Department’s plans for the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if clarification will be provided regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has decided to move over 200 Ukrainians from a facility (details supplied) in Ennis after those individuals and families have lived there for two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23554/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans for a facility (details supplied) in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23555/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where the 200 plus Ukrainians who have resided in a facility (details supplied) for two years will be moved to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23556/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the reform into the equality legislation, with specific reference to the introduction of socio-economic status as a ground for discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23557/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of needs for a child (details supplied), as their parent has been informed that there is a three-year waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20062/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will reimburse a family who have paid €1,600 for a private assessment for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20063/24]
  • 2024-05-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants living in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20066/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the recent HIQA report which found that the human rights of residents were not consistently promoted, respected or upheld at the Knockalisheen direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18771/24]
  • 2024-04-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that Clare Early Intervention Services often deem children with additional needs as not meeting the criteria threshold, a decision often arrived at without any meeting; if he is concerned that children with additional needs are not meeting criteria in respect of disability in CAMHS and CEIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can advise on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15252/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schemes available to people with disabilities to help them access the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15253/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the significant delay experienced in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15485/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how long a child will be waiting for speech and language and occupational therapy services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/24]
  • …and 161 more questions on Children
• Social 185 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the case of a person (details supplied) where they are being requested to repay monies owed from rent supplement overpayments in 2012 which they have no recollection of receiving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45293/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the case of a person (details supplied) where they are being requested to repay monies owed from one parent family payment overpayments of €3,203.57 to which they have no knowledge of owing these monies. [45294/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding the delay in processing address changes uploaded to mywelfare.ie, if she is aware that persons (details supplied) are having their disability payments paused due to address errors that they had already updated on mywelfare.ie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39436/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the removal of the means test for the carer's allowance in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37685/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding the use of the supplementary welfare allowance for transport to necessary hospital appointments by constituents, to examine a case for a person (details supplied); if she is aware of the discretion given to members of her Department in deciding if this allowance is awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37684/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the hot school meals programme is not serving disabled children as the prescribed menu does not have sufficient flexibility to allow for children with dietary restrictions to be adequately provided for, and that the programme funding cannot be used for bringing in someone to cook, even if the school and chef have agreed a price for nutritious and varied meals less than the total monies already being provided to the school for the purpose of hot school meals. [26240/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to extend fuel allowance in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37683/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available for people on disability in rural areas, to ensure they can afford transport to hospital appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35807/24]
  • 2024-07-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been unsuccessful in applying for disability allowance; if her Department will reconsider the application given the available evidence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30124/24]
  • 2024-06-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons over 65 years-of-age that applied for the training support grant; how many were approved, by county for the years 2023 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27770/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that foster caring for children with additional complex needs does not qualify one for full pension support, even in cases where Tusla has advised these carers they need to be on call 24-7 to support the child's medical needs and therefore one carer per household should not rejoin the workforce (details supplied); if she has liaised with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on this matter, as that Department's Minister promised in Question No. 1347 of 17 January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25424/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25423/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the rent supplement option to vulnerable persons who are privately renting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25429/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on an application for domiciliary allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25431/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if the disability allowance application for a person (details supplied) could be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25432/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on an application for carer’s allowance (details supplied); when the application will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25433/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on a State pension (contributory) application by a person (details supplied), as the person would like their contributions reviewed as they would get more on a State pension (non-contributory) pension. [25434/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications that were received by her Department in 2023; the number that were from applicants in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21369/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection how many disability allowance applications were disallowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21370/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection how many carer’s allowance applications were received by her Department in 2023; how many applicants were in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21371/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection how many carer’s allowance applications were disallowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21372/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection how many carer’s benefit cases will be administered in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21373/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection how many carer’s benefit cases will be administered in 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21374/24]
  • 2024-04-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans in respect of the means test for the carer's allowance; how she plans on ensuring that more carers can avail of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18269/24]
  • 2024-04-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the hot school meals programme to a school (details supplied) on a permanent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18268/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15261/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the legal status of the Public Services Card to be used as a form of identification of an individual; her plans in this respect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13327/24]
  • 2024-03-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any supports beyond HAP to assist struggling families pay their rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11436/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of applications received for exceptional needs payments from County Clare in the past 12 months; how many were granted; how many were rejected, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10440/24]
  • 2024-02-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update with respect to the Green Paper on disability which has been drafted by her Department and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7912/24]
  • 2024-02-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7910/24]
  • 2024-02-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a situation (details supplied); the steps she will take to reinstate funding as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7326/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused an exceptional needs payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4632/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection that average length of time it takes from the day of application for an applicant to be either granted or denied disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4651/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4330/24]
  • 2024-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will comment on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3624/24]
  • 2024-01-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a child was refused to domiciliary care allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2859/24]
  • 2023-12-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific criteria that must be satisfied for a parent or guardian to be granted domiciliary care allowance for a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55829/23]
  • 2023-12-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of her plans following the public consultation stage on document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54165/23]
  • 2023-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if anything can be done in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50463/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disallowed applications for disability allowance for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48557/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disallowed applications for carer's allowance for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer's support grant that are not in receipt of the carer's allowance due to the means test requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48559/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are in place for a person who is self-employed and in need of maternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48560/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48561/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 24 October 2023, the number of applications her Department received and were granted, or denied, and the reasons for denial in those cases, of a payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48562/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection if she can clarify the current position with respect to the situation whereby homeless individuals can collect social welfare payments at their post office in lieu of address; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48563/23]
  • 2023-10-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Clare who availed of an additional need's payment since 1 January 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46417/23]
  • 2023-10-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recent changes to the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46416/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection how the people of Clare will benefit from her Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45781/23]
  • …and 135 more questions on Social
• Transport 156 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the rail stop at Crusheen on the western rail corridor in Clare, which was allocated €1.5 million for reopening in 2010 but which was never included in Iarnród Éireann's subsequent budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45287/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider supporting the reopening of Crusheen railway station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45289/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has not rolled out the 90-minute Leap card travel window to counties outside of Dublin, such as County Clare, which has recently had its 343 bus route cut into two requiring customers to pay twice; if he will consider introducing this measure in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the status of the approval of funding required for the Ennis town bus to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35809/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the progress of the Ennis town bus service; whether his Department has released funding to ensure it moves to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33050/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the progress on allowing the 336 bus route to stop within Ennis town; the reason for the delay in changing the route; the timeline for implementation of this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33051/24]
  • 2024-07-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the reason those seeking to convert valid foreign licenses to Irish ones must submit their documents at the beginning of the process, rendering them unable to drive on the foreign licence for the many months it takes for the process to finish; the reason a case (details supplied) has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29623/24]
  • 2024-07-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has plans for further regional airport development after 2024; if it is likely that Shannon will receive further funding in this or similar schemes from 2025 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28517/24]
  • 2024-07-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 187 of 23 January 2024 and 181 of 20 February 2024, for an update on establishment of an additional NCT testing centre in the Clare-Limerick area to reduce the waits in the area; his views on the RSA’s position that there are no plans to develop a centre in the Kilrush area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/24]
  • 2024-06-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the recruitment and retention plans for mechanics, the lack of which is contributing to the crisis in respect of bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24602/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if further consideration will be given to increase the funding for roads in County Clare to ensure that roads that have been in disrepair for a number of years will receive immediate remediation to ensure road safety in rural communities in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18773/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport for a status update in respect of a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport for a status update in respect of a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15251/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to take a public transport audit in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15254/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the issues that people with disabilities face when it comes to using public transport and space for their mobility device; if he is aware that some disability spaces on public transport are not big enough and that mobility devices are being damaged trying to fit in the space provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/24]
  • 2024-03-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will roll out a direct non-stop bus route between Ennis train and Bus station and Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13285/24]
  • 2024-03-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will bring forward a rescue package for road network in County Clare that have fallen into significant disrepair following a harsh winter and an extended period of poor investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13286/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will advise on his plans for additional bus shelters in Clare to be completed by the end of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13301/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his plans for a bus stop to be marked at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13302/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will advise on all of the bus shelters currently in County Clare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13304/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that all buses serving County Clare have only one wheelchair space and therefore cannot accommodate multiple passengers in wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13318/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the minimum dimensions that TFI buses must have for wheelchair bays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13320/24]
  • 2024-03-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will expand the capacity of the 350 bus service to Galway due to the increased demands at peak times for those travelling to and from university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11434/24]
  • 2024-03-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on any applications received by a local authority to fund a project in the past ten years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11437/24]
  • 2024-03-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the funding streams that a local authority can avail of for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11438/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the new rail stations to be opened under a strategy (details supplied); when works will commence on each; when each will be opened and operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10438/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the PSO funding required for the procurement of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10446/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters currently in County Clare; his plans for future shelters, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10447/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the shortfall of bus shelters in County Clare; his plans to address that shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10448/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the number of bus shelters in County Clare with no up-to-date timetables displayed; his plans to replace them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10449/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport what plans his Department has in respect of signs or plaques to denote bus stops on buildings and in areas where buses stop but there is no bus shelter present in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10450/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if an online timetable will be updated to adequately reflect arrival and departure times (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10451/24]
  • 2024-02-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 23 January 2024, to seek an update on the establishment of an NCT testing centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7907/24]
  • 2024-02-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on the ongoing use by his Department of "accident black spots", and their proven effectiveness as speed reduction measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6358/24]
  • 2024-02-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport when the rollout of QR code train tickets on all rail routes in Ireland will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5310/24]
  • 2024-02-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the infrastructure upgrades that will be required at Ennis train station to allow for the use of QR code/digital tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5311/24]
  • 2024-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his view on Shannon Airport becoming a permanent member of the Regional Airports Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/24]
  • 2024-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his plans for the future of rail transport in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport to comment on the current iteration of the regional airports programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport when a review into the Regional Airports Programme will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4314/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the total to the nearest euro in State aid received by each airport in Ireland over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4315/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on the steps that need to be taken in order to bring Irish aviation policy into line with the objectives of Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/24]
  • 2024-01-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the exact reason that a bus (details supplied) was delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/24]
  • 2024-01-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport to comment on his awareness of the provisional of additional NCT centres in County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2855/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport the 350 and 333 both run through Ennistymon, however the 350 goes over the bridge at Blake's corner which is a very tight gap and results in traffic bottlenecking there. If both routes could follow the 350 course through the village it would solve this issue [2277/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the course of a PSO route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2278/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport his views on the development of a railway station at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1849/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending a proposed rail line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1850/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if the decision to accept non-cash payments only to pay for driver's licences will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2044/24]
  • 2023-12-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport how he intends to proceed implementing seven recommendations in the Irish Coast Guard following an inquest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54375/23]
  • …and 106 more questions on Transport
• Education 133 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of issues faced by a special school (details supplied) where students with high support needs who would have been allocated an SNA in mainstream schooling are not given equivalent support in their current school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44986/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will consider implementing an extra time allowance for secondary school students with dyslexia during State examinations under the RACE scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44985/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will consider establishing an independent Gaelcholáiste in Ennis, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44989/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the average class size of primary schools, by county and local authority area, in the 2023-2024 school year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39437/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on students being asked to take public transport options that will leave them arriving at school before the buildings are opened (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35784/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the failure of the roll out of the pilot school transport scheme in County Clare, the fact that parents are now avoiding the service and that it is disincentivising rural people from using the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35785/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of special needs assistants and vacancies for each county; how many vacances there are currently in County Clare, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35786/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of children that had an SNA at the start of the academic year in September 2023 and September 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35787/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the cost of transporting children to and from schools by way of taxi, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35788/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of refunds sought from parents availing of the school transport scheme, by county, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35789/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her plans with respect to the education of teachers, SNAs and others employed in education settings around foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in advance of the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33020/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the amount being spent transporting children to school, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33039/24]
  • 2024-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress of granting independence to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30480/24]
  • 2024-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the current SET allocation system; the reason her Department is no longer considering the complex needs of students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30481/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the forward planning her Department has achieved in respect of special class places for children with additional needs in secondary schools in County Clare to align with primary school special class places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23856/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the recent findings from the Ombudsman of Children where 40% of complaints received are in respect of supports in the education setting for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23855/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify her Department's position on the Leaving Certificate 2024 in respect of the Covid leniencies being extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21454/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress in respect of the Leaving Certificate reform; when she expects that work to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21455/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken regarding the lack of options available to students in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21456/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the lack of clear guidance on future options; if she will ensure that all schools and pupils have access to a guidance counsellor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21458/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will consider including mental health training for all educators in the school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21460/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education how many guidance counsellors there are currently in schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21461/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the recurring issue of people with disabilities facing delays in accessing assistive technology and how it can take years to finally get one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21464/24]
  • 2024-04-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the provision of SET hours for the 2024-2025 academic year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16468/24]
  • 2024-04-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to adding road safety to all levels of the primary and post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16469/24]
  • 2024-02-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will reevaluate and redraft the allocation model for special education in view of the fact that the proposed new allocation model streamlined to three pillars instead of five may exclude children with complex needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9876/24]
  • 2024-02-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the proposed plans to reduce the support teaching hours, and the impact that this will have on children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9877/24]
  • 2024-02-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will comment on the provision of ASD units in primary and post-primary schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6361/24]
  • 2024-02-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a family in securing a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6426/24]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of spaces in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55149/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of spaces available in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare; the number of those filled, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55150/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of spaces in ASD units in primary schools in Clare, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55151/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the number of spaces available in ASD units in primary schools in Clare; the number of those filled, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55152/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the policy in cases in which no place is available in an ASD unit in a primary or secondary school for a child who requires it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55153/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand places in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55154/23]
  • 2023-12-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand places in ASD units in primary schools in Clare into the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55155/23]
  • 2023-11-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the counselling in primary schools pilot (CPS-P) 2023-2025 programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52885/23]
  • 2023-11-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52884/23]
  • 2023-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education to clarify the designation in a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50464/23]
  • 2023-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the exact criteria or threshold to be met for a secondary school (details supplied) to be designated as a DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50465/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education how the people of Clare will benefit from her Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45770/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on a €20 per child mental health support proposal for all primary school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45091/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will comment on a recent initiative, free schoolbooks for junior cycle students, announced in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45090/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44154/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on increasing a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43398/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on increasing a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43399/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she supports a €20 per child mental health support programme in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43400/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to roll out an initiative (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43401/23]
  • 2023-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she supports the reinstatement of the 2,400 AP1 and AP2 posts of responsibility in primary and special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43402/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if a circular will issue with respect to adjustments to the 2024 leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40291/23]
  • …and 83 more questions on Education
• Justice 86 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on computer-aided dispatch; the training dispatchers receive regarding the geography of areas they are covering, the vacancy rate across the four control rooms, 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45300/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if more gardaí have been recruited in each of the past four years than retired in the same years; if recruitment does not outstrip retirement, the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45301/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of those in overcrowded conditions in the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45302/24]
  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the reason the waiting time for visas is over one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38146/24]
  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on progress in respect of the 50 safe houses; the number that have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38145/24]
  • 2024-06-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Domestic Abuse Intervention Policy review; the progress of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26543/24]
  • 2024-06-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has considered, as advocated for by an organisation (details supplied), the alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, such as community-based sanctions or diversion programmes, to reduce prison overcrowding and the socio-economic impact of short-term imprisonment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26545/24]
  • 2024-06-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of elder abuse; if there are data collated by an Garda Síochána in respect of incidents reported of elder abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25781/24]
  • 2024-06-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 16 April 2024, when a response will issue to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25782/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on the recent recommendation that domestic violence specialist-based remote witness hearings be extended to other courts, and also to inter-partes hearings, in family law cases around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18765/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on the recent statistics showing that there has been an increase of domestic violence incidents in Clare, bringing it to 184 in quarter 1 of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18776/24]
  • 2024-04-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice how funding will be spent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16467/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice what steps she has taken to ensure that first-time non-violent offenders who have breached a piece of legislation (details supplied) will not be given custodial sentences; what alternative options are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13312/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to review the legislation on spent convictions; what particular items are for consideration in the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13313/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice what steps she is taking to tackle chronic overcrowding in Irish prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/24]
  • 2024-02-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice about the publication of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9873/24]
  • 2024-02-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider putting a regulator in place to assist people in availing of the remediation scheme in respect of the not our fault campaign and issues arising with management companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9121/24]
  • 2024-02-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 25 January 2024, if any of the Cuan safe homes referred to were delivered in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5304/24]
  • 2024-02-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 25 January 2024, if any Cuan safe homes were delivered in County Clare; if not, will any housing supports be delivered to support Clare Haven services refuge in Clare for 2024/2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5305/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the overcrowded conditions in the Irish Prison Service; if any changes have been made to the conditions of temporary release; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4321/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the removal of the Ombudsman for Children's Office in the Domestic, Sexual & Gender Based Violence Services action due to the failure of delivery of required resources from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4322/24]
  • 2024-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 11 October 2023, the number of safe homes delivered of the 50 that were committed to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3637/24]
  • 2024-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 11 October 2023, what refuge centres are expected to do in cases where service users cannot access the rental market after six weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3638/24]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice how the people of Clare will benefit from her Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45778/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44145/23]
  • 2023-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will comment on her plans to increase step-down accommodation for survivors of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44144/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44162/23]
  • 2023-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she has confidence in the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41867/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the individual who is responsible for allocating specific Garda resources to an area on a given day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40043/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on the increasing civilianisation of Garda staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34028/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33587/23]
  • 2023-06-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will comment on prison overcrowding with respect to Limerick Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31901/23]
  • 2023-06-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a list of all peace commissioners, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29852/23]
  • 2023-06-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will list all of the peace commissioners that have been appointed since the beginning of this Government term, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29853/23]
  • 2023-05-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons incarcerated in Ireland currently for cannabis-related offences, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22938/23]
  • 2023-04-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the failure rate for employers applying for atypical working scheme permissions by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18085/23]
  • 2023-03-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls received by An Garda Síochána in County Clare with respect to reports of DSGBV in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11040/23]
  • 2023-02-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of discrimination cases taken and won over the past ten years, under each of the nine grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7745/23]
  • 2023-01-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons caught in possession of 7 g or less of cannabis for the past two years, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3262/23]
  • 2023-01-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional gardaí in County Clare since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3263/23]
  • 2022-12-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay in a decision in granting a tourist visa to a person (details supplied); when she expects that the decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62344/22]
  • 2022-12-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 15 November 2022, the reason for the disproportionately high level of full-day closures at Limerick as opposed to other sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62352/22]
  • 2022-12-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 488 of 15 November 2022, the reason for all full-day closures and partial closures at Limerick in the past three years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62353/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the Government’s strategy on step-down accommodation in cases in which a person leaves a domestic violence refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56990/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of times that she has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that she visited in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57030/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Clare Garda division; the number that were outstanding for more than 180 days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56725/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 11 October 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56726/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 11 October 2022, if she has received the necessary information from the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56727/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the current status of the Criminal Justice (Passenger Name Record) Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56729/22]
  • 2022-10-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline her Department’s plan going forward to expand the availability of domestic violence refuge in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52051/22]
  • …and 36 more questions on Justice
• Agriculture 71 questions

  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the challenges with the ACRES scheme, and the repayments that farmers are being requested to repay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38143/24]
  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ash dieback scheme recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38144/24]
  • 2024-06-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of the newly announced ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/24]
  • 2024-04-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a financial support package for farmers to manage diseased roadside ash trees safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18271/24]
  • 2024-04-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the implementation of national forestry policies and programmes is consistent with the growth of the commercial forest estate or if the commercial timber supply risks being eroded over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18270/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the number of farming work permits taken up in Clare over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10439/24]
  • 2024-02-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the recent meeting of the Agriculture Water Quality Group and his commitment to immediately implement the flexibilities on concentrate feed and the calf N allocation, which was previously committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9878/24]
  • 2024-02-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestation licence issuances are still not matching the rate of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9885/24]
  • 2024-02-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will comment on agricultural sustainability in the context of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8371/24]
  • 2024-02-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the future of Irish agriculture following the ending of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8545/24]
  • 2024-02-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 30 January 2024, if he is satisfied with the international standard ISPM No.15 for regulation of wood packaging in international trade and its effectiveness in finding contaminated wood and preventing Ireland’s exposure from future threats similar to the recent bark beetle issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7911/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement his Department has had with Scottish authorities on matters of biosecurity with specific reference to the bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4628/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the issue of ash dieback in respect of roadside recovery and felling, who is responsible for clearing ash dieback effects from the roadside; what role his Department has in this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with local authorities on the recovery of ash dieback from the roadside; if he has a role in requesting a local authority to remove ash dieback related debris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4630/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he will ensure biosecurity measures at Irish points of entry are increased as a preventative step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4631/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to a request from an organisation (details supplied) to temporarily suspend the importation of timber into Ireland while simultaneously setting up a taskforce and a National Forestry Strategy in his Department to oversee and investigate the biosecurity failings that allowed bark beetle to enter County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4633/24]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the significant lack of confidence from farmers in respect of the delays with the forestry programme and the need for the urgent establishment of a national forestry strategy taskforce to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4634/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to increase biosecurity measures in light of the outbreak of bark beetle in Cratloe, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what ongoing supports his Department is offering to a cohort of farmers (details supplied); what engagements he has had with those farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/24]
  • 2024-01-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact date he will pay all outstanding ACRES and ACRES co-operation payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2864/24]
  • 2024-01-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will pay interest to those who receive delayed ACRES and ACRES co-operation payments; if so, what metric will be applied to calculate the rate of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2865/24]
  • 2024-01-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of ACRES and ACRES co-operation payments outstanding, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2866/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the number of afforestation licences issued each week continue to remain so low; if he intends to continue this practice into 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2274/24]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the new EuroStar evaluation for suckler cows and stock bulls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55828/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for significant delays in the issuance of ACRES payments to many farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55827/23]
  • 2023-12-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on whether farmers who can sell electricity generated by TAMS funded solar panels back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50282/23]
  • 2023-11-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that only 42 forestry licences have been granted in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50912/23]
  • 2023-10-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department will cope with the reduction in its budget announced in budget 2024 and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46954/23]
  • 2023-10-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on delayed payments to farmers as a result of CAP 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46953/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45767/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44151/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports will be provided for farmers negatively impacted by the new nitrates programme following the failure to secure a derogation from the EU Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40046/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the failure to secure a derogation under the new nitrates programme from the EU Commission will result in a reduction in the national herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40047/23]
  • 2023-07-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on social farming in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34763/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33576/23]
  • 2023-06-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the six-month delay in the Government publishing the Forestry Programme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31897/23]
  • 2023-06-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the licencing plan with respect to felling for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31898/23]
  • 2023-04-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a rescue package for the sheep sector can be set up through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund with respect to the extreme financial pressures being faced by sheep farmers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18589/23]
  • 2023-04-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures he will take financially or otherwise to assist farmers in meeting potential new targets with respect to the new Nitrates Action Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18588/23]
  • 2023-03-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to lobbies from groups (details supplied) with respect to increasing targeted sheep payments to €30 per ewe from €7 and €12 per ewe, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12188/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8901/23]
  • 2023-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine at what point his Department began to engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3733/23]
  • 2023-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte employed an open tender process for partnership on the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund before partnering with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3734/23]
  • 2022-11-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that he will take to address the shortfall of planting 8,000 hectares of trees per year as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58397/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual afforestation target in the Forest Strategy implementation plan draft for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57016/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the difference in annual afforestation targets between that specified by an organisation (details supplied) and the draft forest strategy implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57017/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57024/22]
  • 2022-05-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the frost reconstitution applications that have been received to date that his Department expect to approve in June and by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27856/22]
  • 2022-05-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated timeframe for the completion of Project Woodland and the implementation of the Mackinnon Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27857/22]
  • 2022-04-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of private sector forest road licences with an attached single consent application that remain to be processed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/22]
  • …and 21 more questions on Agriculture
• Environment 61 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that Ireland has the fifth highest gas prices in the EU and the second highest electricity prices in the EU; his views on whether this is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45290/24]
  • 2024-10-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will invoke action 17 of the current energy policy in the Climate Action Plan and enact a policy to ban liquefied natural gas terminals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41443/24]
  • 2024-10-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government's position and policy in respect of liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposals, and the remarks of a judge (details supplied) about not being convinced that the Government has a clear policy against LNG terminals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41442/24]
  • 2024-06-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a detailed breakdown of where the EU just transition funding is to go; the reason it is being focused solely on the midlands instead of including areas like County Clare that are also losing our fossil fuel power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/24]
  • 2024-06-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that a €1.2 billion data centre has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála in Clare; if his Department is comfortable with Ireland’s 83 data centres using as much electricity as all urban households combined according to the CSO 2022 figures; his views on whether data centre expansion is compliant with our environmental policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27582/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what penalties Ireland will accrue if it does not meet its 2030 targets of a reduction of 50% on emissions and the 2050 target of 100% reduction on emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21375/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that there were two orange alerts on the grid in recent months as high energy demand units continue to be added to the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the recent planning permission granted for a data centre in Ennis; if he is concerned by the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21377/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he accepts that there is an urgent need to accelerate our offshore wind projects to allow for economic development based on renewables; if he is satisfied that his Department is doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider freezing data centre projects until we have sufficient renewables to supply the energy required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the next round of the Designated Maritime Area Plan's preparation is expected to be completed; if he will consider expediting the next round with the view to include the waters off the Shannon estuary and County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18772/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Ireland plans has any plans to exit an international treaty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4311/24]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45772/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33581/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the fact that 2,000 fish were found dead at Ballymacraven river in North Clare recently; the cause of this kill; the actions taken to resolve the matter; what if any further action is envisioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28381/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will lay out the current situation with respect to the proposed Shannon liquified natural gas terminal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8618/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8891/23]
  • 2022-12-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households in County Clare that have applied for SEAI grants since the latest tranche opened; the number that have been commenced; the number that have been completed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61403/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a person (details supplied) was ruled ineligible for the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60330/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that a person (details supplied) can take in respect of works carried out under the better energy warmer schemes that negatively affected the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60331/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for a disconnection moratorium for all low-income households in respect of the energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61045/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to establish a just transition commission to guide and implement a carbon neutral transition to meet Ireland’s energy targets, build public support for climate action with targeted anti-poverty and pro-equality measures similar to Just Transition Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61046/22]
  • 2022-11-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a general update on the situation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58398/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57022/22]
  • 2022-11-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on his plans for the inclusion of Labasheeda, County Clare, in the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55870/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Government will be prepared to target subsidies to help compensate businesses for loss of operations in the extreme circumstance of energy blackouts; if not, if the Government will intervene in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46746/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will explore the possibility of decoupling the price paid to renewable energy and other suppliers from that of the increasing wholesale price of gas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46747/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a windfall tax on energy suppliers will be introduced in the short-term; if this tax will be linked to the profits derived from energy sources other than the costs associated with wholesale gas purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46748/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way that he will ensure that Ireland will receive enough to supplement the national effort to address the pressing issue of energy costs as the European Union introduces community-wide supports, policies and initiatives that lessen the impact of the energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46751/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider a price cap to be implemented whereby Government agrees to subsidise energy costs above a certain cap limit in order to give some stability and certainty to businesses and consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46723/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide clarity on the Government’s approach to national energy policy and security of supply over the winter period; the steps that he will take to alleviate the impact of huge energy price increases on homes, farms and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46725/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Government will improve the procedures, systems and supports that are in place to enable businesses to sell surplus energy supplies back to the national grid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46727/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered a comprehensive national education and awareness campaign related to energy conservation and efficiency aimed at both the residential and business sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46729/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered if greater investment in renewables should be made a Government priority to offset the consequent short-term impact on greenhouse gases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46731/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that his Department is taking to develop offshore energy exploration off the west coast of Ireland given that priority appears to be given to the east coast at present despite the vast potential of the western seaboard with its higher proportion and scale of wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46733/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the national policy and regulations on offshore energy creation and the need for it to be fast-tracked and clearly enunciated by Government and Government agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46735/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the opportunity for Ireland to become an international leader on offshore energy creation providing a comprehensive and clear cut regime is quickly put in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46737/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that the Government is taking to seriously consider and explore alternative options for energy storage and provision in Ireland especially for those in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46739/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the National Broadband roll-out and the fact that some residences (details supplied) in County Clare have been left without a broadband service. [46741/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to remove the PSO levy in order to assist businesses that are struggling with increasing energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46743/22]
  • 2022-05-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been put in place by his Department to alleviate fuel and energy poverty in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/22]
  • 2022-05-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the methodologies, reports, databases, statistics and all other relevant sources used by his Department to measure fuel and energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23962/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Government’s position on the environmental damage caused by mining industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2072/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the deadline for objections has been extended in relation to the prospective mining licence for a company (details supplied) as per the emergency motion passed on 10 January 2022 by Clare County Council. [2074/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that mining activity is a significant producer of greenhouse gasses; his position on the fact that the granting of mining licences is then counterproductive to the climate action objectives and targets of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2075/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the environmental impact statement conducted prior to publishing the announcement to grant a licence to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2117/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2361/22]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration will be given to one proposal in relation to the fitting of solar panels on all farm buildings and this energy being sold back to the ESB as a way of generating more green energy and passive income for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62725/21]
  • 2021-09-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on windfarms; and if he will consider transitioning to off-shore windfarm developments from now on as is being implemented in Denmark. [44139/21]
  • …and 11 more questions on Environment
• Finance 59 questions

  • 2024-11-07 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 2 October 2024, his recommendations for people currently being disadvantaged by the disabled drivers and passengers scheme due to the lack of a blood link; and for an update to the summary report promised on 12 September 2024 to guide Government discussions on a replacement scheme. [42934/24]
  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if an inflationary analysis has been conducted regarding the once off payments included in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45288/24]
  • 2024-10-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 4 July 2024, if there is to be an update to the disabled drivers and passengers scheme in this budget cycle; failing that, his Department’s recommendations for people currently being disadvantaged by the scheme due to the lack of a blood link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39439/24]
  • 2024-07-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 25 January 2024, if he is aware that the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme is limited to family members of the disabled person; his views on whether this restriction is in line with the Government’s commitments to the rights of people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/24]
  • 2024-04-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for a pre-registration VAT exemption status for qualified and accredited members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17227/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance his views on the rent-a-room relief; if he will consider creating a registry to ensure legitimacy and transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13000/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of rent-a-room relief applications received by his Department each month since the beginning of the scheme to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13001/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the rent-a-room relief scheme; if he will consider devising a tax-free amount proportional to the number of days a room owner rents the room for digs out of seven days per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13305/24]
  • 2024-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance his views on what work he is undertaking with respect to banks and financial institutions accepting disability allowance and carers allowance as income when an individual applies for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/24]
  • 2024-02-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his decision to introduce an increase in fuel excise on 1 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/24]
  • 2024-02-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify a point of policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/24]
  • 2024-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4611/24]
  • 2024-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the decision to remove the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53599/23]
  • 2024-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the reason hairdressers fall under the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53600/23]
  • 2024-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4652/24]
  • 2024-01-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to allow non-blood recipients of carer's allowance to be eligible to apply for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/24]
  • 2024-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 20 June 2023, if he will agree that Regulation 10(5) is no longer legal and needs amendment; if he will agree that this amendment should extend to non-blood related carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3636/24]
  • 2024-01-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if the appeal hearings for the primary medical certificate have recommenced as planned at the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1851/24]
  • 2023-11-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will comment on a review into the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51597/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45773/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44157/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will make the necessary changes to an Act (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 20 June 2023, if he will provide an update on the Finance Bill and primary legislation set out in section 92 to reflect transfer of Department functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36097/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33582/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 22 June 2023, how many applications were received and accepted or refused under a scheme (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32848/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance how many applications were refused and the reasons for each refusal under a scheme (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32849/23]
  • 2023-06-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update into the review of the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30153/23]
  • 2023-06-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the reason the driver and passenger must be related in order for an application to be made under the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29847/23]
  • 2023-06-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he will replace all mentions of the Minister for Health with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to S.I. No. 353 of 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29848/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/23]
  • 2023-02-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the status of a review into the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6999/23]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he has given any consideration to extending the 9% tourism VAT rate beyond 2025, in respect of the deepening cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60334/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57032/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Cypriot counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56732/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if a special wage support and other emergency subsidies will be targeted to help SMEs and entrepreneurs similar to the effective emergency measures supports during Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46744/22]
  • 2022-09-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if a special grant or tax measure will be considered for businesses to acquire more energy efficient equipment as a special short-term measure during the current energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46745/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the VAT rate reduction for the tourism and hospitality sectors until 31 August 2023. [43406/22]
  • 2022-05-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons successfully prosecuted for tobacco and cigarette smuggling offences in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and his plans to increase the penalties for these offences. [27866/22]
  • 2022-05-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the 9% VAT rate for hospitality and tourism-related services until 31 December 2023. [22453/22]
  • 2022-01-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance when the decision was made that An Post would recoup VAT charges (details supplied); if this service was tendered to other service providers; the rationale behind these additional costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4003/22]
  • 2022-01-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications for disabled driver VAT relief in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of successful applications; the number of appeals consequently lodged; the number of successful appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2716/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/22]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the reason the rate of tax under the proposed residential zoned land tax will be applied at 3%; if he will consider increasing the rate applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62331/21]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the number of existing residential housing units that have been acquired by real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds in 2018, 2019 and 2020; his views on whether the tax advantages provided by both tax structures are justified with respect to the acquisition of existing dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62330/21]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the length of time the current property tax exemption will apply to those included on the national defective concrete block redress scheme. [62477/21]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if the 90% agricultural relief from CAT will continue as a retention of current taxation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62713/21]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance if the VAT on farming equipment can be reduced, for example, on slurry equipment to incentivise and make more viable the farming profession. [62714/21]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department will take to ensure farmers have more liquidity, specifically in relation to stamp duty; if he will consider a reduction on the agricultural rate and the young farmer stamp duty relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62723/21]
  • 2021-12-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the reduction in income that many workers in hospitality sector face due to the employment wage subsidy scheme being cut in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60861/21]
  • 2021-12-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed review of the primary medical certificate system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61617/21]
  • …and 9 more questions on Finance
• Further and Higher Education 48 questions

  • 2024-11-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will report on the case of a person (details supplied) who successfully secured a course in further and higher education in Ennis and faces charges on Bus Éireann of €81 per week, while travel allowance is only €21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45295/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the development of the new veterinary training course; whether the location has been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35810/24]
  • 2024-06-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the national student accommodation policy, which is now overdue by a full year; if funding it is a priority for his Department in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26546/24]
  • 2024-06-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how his Department plans to address the critical shortfall in mental health services for university students, which currently stands at one counsellor for every 2,240 students, when an organisation (details supplied) recommends 1 to 1,500 students at maximum and 1 to 1,000 as an aspirational ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26547/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to tackle the stigma associated with level 4 certificates, the Leaving Certificate Applied, community training and Youthreach centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21457/24]
  • 2024-05-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that students are choosing college courses based on accommodation shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the national student accommodation strategy will be published; its current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12995/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will comment on his decision to provide zero capital funding for technological universities, preventing them from building and borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12996/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the situation that students often find themselves in when renting digs, such as curfews being imposed, no privacy and issues with accessing communal areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13002/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reasons for the delays in publishing progress reports on the National Student Accommodation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13307/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the rising cost of student campus accommodation in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13309/24]
  • 2024-02-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will comment on his future plans for the expansion of further and higher education in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9115/24]
  • 2024-02-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the availability of student accommodation in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied that the increase in medical places in Irish HEIs will address the shortfall of general practitioners in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2041/24]
  • 2024-01-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will comment on the measures he is taking to increase capacity and labour force within the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2040/24]
  • 2023-12-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline every further education course available in County Clare accredited and supported by his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53603/23]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a recent announcement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46048/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45775/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44159/23]
  • 2023-09-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to further expand further and higher education in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40657/23]
  • 2023-09-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his view on a phased abolition of the student contribution charge, reflected by a total reduction of €1,500 in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40658/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current offerings available at the TUS Ennis campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40660/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 31 May 2023, if he will outline the crèche facilities available at all FET colleges in Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36096/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33584/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of covering subscription costs of publishing and access for HEIs across Ireland with the aim of open access for all students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28120/23]
  • 2023-06-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will give consideration to the establishment of an apprenticeship centre of excellence in west Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/23]
  • 2023-05-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the childcare support that students are eligible for who are undertaking FET courses in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26702/23]
  • 2023-03-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide for a veterinary school to be located in the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/23]
  • 2023-03-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to ensure that regional universities and technological universities and institutions will be equipped to train the offshore renewable energy workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15778/23]
  • 2023-03-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the length the waitlist expected to be between phase 2 and phase 4 of SOLAS in each relevant apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13244/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8905/23]
  • 2023-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to reports that the staff at SOLAS have not returned to the office and continue to work remotely without access to many files, creating backlogs for service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5245/23]
  • 2023-02-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to reports that a bank (details supplied) has ceased its loan arrangements with medical students. [5242/23]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports his Department has in place in respect of further education and training centres under the auspices of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60336/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57029/22]
  • 2022-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason mature students who are studying blended learning courses will be ineligible to receive the €1,000 reduction in fees announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51632/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will exercise discretion in the matter of a person (details supplied) in receipt of a SUSI grant. [49668/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that a person in receipt of a SUSI grant, who is classed as a dependant, at the beginning of their studies cannot become independent during their studies without requiring a three-year break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49669/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the factors that are used to determine distance from the recipient’s home to a higher educational institute in calculating the rate of a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49670/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process that is employed in appealing a decision made on a SUSI grant; the person who presides over the decision-making process in both the first and second instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49671/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2367/22]
  • 2021-10-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to offer new and additional courses at the technological university located in Ennis, County Clare, particularly engineering courses, considering the growing need for qualified engineers vis-à-vis the development of the Green Atlantic programme over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49583/21]
  • 2021-10-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the role of his Department in future-proofing certain industries as Ireland progresses towards carbon reduction goals; if there will be oversight from his Department in realigning third-level courses towards a more sustainable economy and future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49584/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of student places available for young persons who wish to study dentistry in each third-level institution respectively, in tabular form. [40924/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the shortage of dentistry places for students and the extremely high points needed to access this field of study (details supplied) and particularly in relation to the distinct lack of qualified dentists in Ireland; if he will consider providing more student places for those wishing to pursue a career in dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40925/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students in UCC and UL are paying multiple month’s rent to secure accommodation in view of his commitment made earlier in the year that students would not be expected to pay upfront multiple month’s rent to secure accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40926/21]
  • 2021-07-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there has been provision made for the third-level students who cannot for physiological reasons avail of the Covid-19 vaccine but wish to return to campus physically in the 2021-2022 college year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/21]
  • 2021-07-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider establishing an engineering certification in the Ennis campus of Limerick Institute of Technology in order to provide qualified engineers which will be needed in the region in the close future with the development of green energy infrastructure such as green Atlantic at Moneypoint project. [36526/21]
• Enterprise 34 questions

  • 2024-10-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department plans to address the difficulties facing small businesses as costs rise but profits do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43571/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to ensure that key social enterprises in Ireland have equal access to enterprise support, such as funding and mentoring from Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), especially considering the reported difficulties these organisations are facing accessing LEO support due to their legal status or perceived lack of commercial viability. [35790/24]
  • 2024-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that Ireland has the largest disability employment gap in the EU; if his Department has been working on the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities, as promised by the Taoiseach on 29 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30477/24]
  • 2024-05-28 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to sign the new draft ERO into law given the considerable delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23552/24]
  • 2023-11-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will comment on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51598/23]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on continued trade with the state of Israel, following its breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46045/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45771/23]
  • 2023-10-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will comment on a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41862/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44155/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what strategies he will employ with respect to reducing the commercial vacancy rate in a town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what strategies he will employ with respect to reducing the commercial vacancy rate in a town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39737/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he intends to resource a plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40049/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department has in place to assist businesses in decarbonisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40661/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a recent report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36233/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33580/23]
  • 2023-05-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of site visits hosted by IDA Ireland to counties Clare, Limerick and Galway in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22161/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8895/23]
  • 2023-01-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits that have been granted to home carers, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3258/23]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57021/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to have a trade and investment mission to Australia early in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56723/22]
  • 2022-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits precludes the 3,231 persons denoted as youth and community workers from receiving employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52060/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to the west coast of United States of America is planned before the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50083/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to open an office in Perth, Australia. [43409/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider removing the restrictions regarding work permits that limit those in receipt of the permits to only accept work from limited industries given that this limitation is currently preventing persons (details supplied) from taking up work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/22]
  • 2022-02-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the EU directive allowing for class action lawsuits is still scheduled to be transposed into Irish law in December 2022; if so, when in 2023 it will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2360/22]
  • 2021-10-12 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to introducing environmental policy and guidelines in relation to data centres in conjunction and consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49170/21]
  • 2021-09-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of workers that wish to continue working remotely even after the scheduled national return to the workplace on 22 September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43748/21]
  • 2021-09-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the fact that 116 workers employed by Shannon Group are currently working below the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/21]
  • 2021-06-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 June 2021, the breakdown by sector and type of breach detected by the WRC investigations in relation to the list of employment law breaches for County Clare. [31236/21]
  • 2020-11-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the remediation process that is currently in process for a company (details supplied); if there is an update on the matter; if he will provide indications as to the owner of the plant at this time and will he make a statement on the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39545/20]
  • 2020-11-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or the IDA has actively worked with a company (details supplied) to find a suitable buyer for its plant in Clarecastle, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35533/20]
  • 2020-11-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or the IDA has considered buying the factory of a company (details supplied) with a view to leasing it out to another suitable pharma company when the company closes same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/20]
  • 2020-11-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for creating jobs in County Clare in view of the recent job losses in the county due to plants such as a company (details supplied) closing and recent redundancies in some State bodies particularly in the west of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35179/20]
• Public 29 questions

  • 2022-12-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the parliamentary activities allowance is audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62346/22]
  • 2022-12-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose and dispensation schedule for the parliamentary activities allowance for members of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61400/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans that the ESB, the Office of Public Works and Waterways Ireland have in place to prepare for floods along the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61041/22]
  • 2022-12-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €7 million allocated to remove pinch points on the River Shannon between Athlone and Meelick has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61043/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57025/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Clare Garda division that were refurbished by the OPW with costs in excess of €5,000 in 2021 and to date in 2022; the nature of works that were carried out at each station; if each of these capital works project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50071/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of qualified gas engineers employed by the OPW as of 31 December 2020 and 4 October 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50072/22]
  • 2022-10-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected duration of the process to determine whether he will accept the recommendations made by a person (details supplied) in the matter of the secretarial assistant remuneration package in the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48340/22]
  • 2022-10-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process that will be employed in ascertaining the merits or disadvantages of accepting the independent review by a person (details supplied) in the matter of the secretarial assistant remuneration package in the Houses of the Oireachtas scheme for secretarial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48339/22]
  • 2022-01-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government policy during the pandemic can be taken to mean that public servants were protected from short time working notwithstanding the commercial position of the employer as per a Labour Court recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3203/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1632/22]
  • 2021-11-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public servants were put on short-time during the Covid-19 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57456/21]
  • 2021-09-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if will review the efficacy of the Public Appointment Services in view of both the protracted appointment of the Shannon Group chairperson which has taken 13 months to date coupled with another fact (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45426/21]
  • 2021-09-22 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied with the process of Government appointments in view of recent events; and his views on whether the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) Act 2004 needs to be amended in this regard. [45439/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the pay restoration issue faced by social care workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40939/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when her Department will commit to allocate funding to Tusla to enable similar pay restoration for section 56 part-funded agencies such as an agency (details supplied) given that a precedent has already been set with HSE section 39 pay restoration. [40940/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the additional yearly funding requirement will be included in his Department’s 2021 budget through the revised estimates process. [40941/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the additional yearly funding requirement be included in Department’s 2022 budget by default for each year hereafter. [40942/21]
  • 2021-07-06 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the proposal for a shared Government data services centre as per the Recovery and Resilience Fund will be publicly run and not contracted out to a private provider. [36239/21]
  • 2021-06-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has chosen to propose a once-off gratuity for the community enterprise scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors as opposed to the pension scheme recommended by the Labour Court in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32045/21]
  • 2020-11-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the planned feasibility study on the Plassey pinch point on the Shannon River has been completed; if so, when the study will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35340/20]
  • 2020-11-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works has met with the Shannon Flood risk management coordination group in the past three months; and if not, when the meeting will take place. [35341/20]
  • 2020-11-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Clare division that were refurbished by the OPW over the past 18 months; the nature of works that were carried out at each station during this period; and if he will indicate if works are still ongoing or completed, by station. [33856/20]
  • 2020-11-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW spent on capital works projects at tourism and heritage sites under its remit in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the 2021 budget allocation for same. [33857/20]
  • 2020-10-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure for a public servant who has to travel abroad for an essential health procedure and must self-isolate on return here; and if this person must claim sick pay or use holiday pay on his or her return. [30771/20]
  • 2020-09-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is carrying out a review into company (details supplied); and if so, if this review is separate from that of the Department of Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26752/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to refurbish the Garda immigration unit based at Shannon Airport; if so, when the work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13610/20]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) did not satisfy the criteria for the voluntary homeowner's relocation scheme in 2016; the actions that will be taken to assist them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13613/20]
  • 2020-03-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) did not satisfy the criteria for the voluntary homeowners relocation scheme in 2016 in view of the circumstances; the actions that will be taken to assist them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3389/20]
• Foreign 25 questions

  • 2024-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 27 June 2024, if he will respond to the revelations from a news publication (details supplied) that the Israeli military is in fact using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Palestine; if he or his Department have any plans to act for the people of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40645/24]
  • 2024-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department supports the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40646/24]
  • 2024-06-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason US planes stopping at Shannon Airport are not searched to see if they are carrying arms for use in Palestine; his views on whether these actions are compatible with the historical and foundational Irish position of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27593/24]
  • 2024-06-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what his Department plans to do for the people of Palestine beyond merely recognising their right to exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27592/24]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent statements by the President of the European Commission in support of Israel's breaches of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45774/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department, in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44158/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33583/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8889/23]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57031/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Passport Office plans to automatically email persons a minimum of three months in advance of their passport expiring where the Passport Office has an email address to inform persons that their passport is due to expire within the subsequent three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56724/22]
  • 2022-10-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Irish ambassador to Indonesia (details supplied) in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50073/22]
  • 2022-09-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to increase the hours that the webchat service is available on the Passport Office website. [43393/22]
  • 2022-07-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the Australian Foreign Minister in the past three months. [36159/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2365/22]
  • 2021-09-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any Irish citizens still in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46869/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he envisions Ireland taking to advance the Middle East peace process following the unanimous motion of Dáil Éireann earlier in 2021 that Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to an unlawful de-facto annexation; if Ireland will maximise its seat on the United Nations Security Council and take a more pro-active approach in supporting a negotiated two-state solution and lasting peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the current reopening of the Passport Office; the number of applications and renewals outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39838/21]
  • 2021-07-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps a person (details supplied) must take to have the person's full title on the person's passport. [40154/21]
  • 2021-06-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which he will engage with Hungarian elected representatives in the wake of the legislation that was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 15 June 2021 that is contrary to the LGBTQI+ policy advanced in the remainder of EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33838/21]
  • 2021-06-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the operation of the EU Magnitsky Act enacted in December 2020; if Ireland has implemented any of the powers of this legislation to date, for example, in relation to Bahrain in which an activist (details supplied) recently died of Covid-19 in prison given no sanitisation measures are in place; if the EU Magnitsky Act allows the EU and or Ireland to intervene in cases such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33837/21]
  • 2021-05-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if the person's documents are in the Irish Consulate in San Francisco or in the Passport Office, Dublin. [28351/21]
  • 2021-05-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the worsening conflict against civilians in Palestine and Gaza; if it is within the remit of Ireland on the UN Security Council to do more than merely speak out against the unilateral actions and violence perpetrated by the Israeli state and military forces; if he will express clearly the parameters of Ireland’s responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25875/21]
  • 2021-05-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Irish corporations can continue to justify their engagement with the state and economy of Israel given that Ireland has acknowledged the fact that Israel’s occupation of Palestine territories is illegitimate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23886/21]
  • 2021-03-24 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to deal with the backlog in passport applications when restrictions are eased; if the Passport Office be provided with additional resources; when consulates abroad will begin contacting applicants again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15144/21]
• Rural 24 questions

  • 2024-10-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of the 2024 actions contained in the Trading for Impact: National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027 that have commenced to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43294/24]
  • 2024-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expected timeline for the second phase of the town centre first programme for towns such as Kilrush, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40647/24]
  • 2024-10-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each town in the second phase of the Town Centre First Programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40643/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available for people on disability in rural areas, to ensure that they can afford transport to hospital appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35843/24]
  • 2024-04-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the administration supports and other supports that are available to a community group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18763/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide emergency funding to Clare County Council under CIS and LIS following a very rough winter period which made significant damage to the more rural roads in the County; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13328/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what steps she will take to ensure that all 30 applications made under CIS and 146 applications made under LIS to Clare County Council will be funded by her Department in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13329/24]
  • 2023-12-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding her Department will make available to Tidy Towns groups in Clare in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53604/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how the people of Clare will benefit from her Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45780/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44164/23]
  • 2023-09-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the strategies she will employ with respect to reducing the rate of commercial vacancies in Kilrush and Shannon towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41415/23]
  • 2023-09-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm the date when funding will be allocated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39739/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33589/23]
  • 2023-06-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give consideration to the resourcing of local authorities to establish community wealth building teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28380/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of discrimination cases taken and won against her Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8900/23]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of times that she has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that she visited in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57028/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of public sector workers under her remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2373/22]
  • 2021-10-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the capital scheme for the rejuvenation of community centres as announced in the National Development Plan will be available to each local authority; the total sum of the scheme’s allocation; when applications for the scheme will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50109/21]
  • 2021-10-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the €8 million funding sought by Clare County Council for the development of a maritime training centre in Kilrush which is capable of sustaining 28 jobs all-year round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50108/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of recipients of the €250,000 recently granted to County Clare under the CLÁR programme. [44547/21]
  • 2021-09-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount designated to all counties except County Clare under the CLÁR programme in tabular form. [44548/21]
  • 2021-07-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the activity of community group projects across the country; and her views on whether funding is distributed evenly across the country. [38666/21]
  • 2021-07-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether her Department’s engagement with the charities it provides funding to aligns with human rights models; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38667/21]
  • 2020-12-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies by job title at the Charities Regulator; and the length of time each post has been vacant. [43090/20]
• Tourism 24 questions

  • 2024-09-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to reopen the Irish college in Carrigaholt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37026/24]
  • 2024-09-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has plans to regulate the short-term let sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37033/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of recently announced journalism schemes; if they are “platform neutral”; her views on whether they will adequately support independent radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33029/24]
  • 2024-07-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media regarding the recently announced journalism schemes, if consideration will be given to removing the requirement to have 20% news and current affairs, which Independent Broadcasters of Ireland believes will require regurgitating stale news, and further disadvantage these important stations. [33030/24]
  • 2024-03-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will pause the introduction of a register (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13323/24]
  • 2024-02-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the progress made within her Department on a short term lettings register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7327/24]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide increased support to community radio in respect of high inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45766/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how the people of Clare will benefit from her Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45783/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44166/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33592/23]
  • 2023-05-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will extend a scheme (details supplied) for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20383/23]
  • 2023-05-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the success of a pilot scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20384/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of discrimination cases taken and won against her Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8897/23]
  • 2023-02-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if grant funding is available to her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7744/23]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of times that she has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that she visited in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57023/22]
  • 2022-11-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications from County Clare that have been made and that have been successful under the Sports Capital Programme since its reintroduction in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57035/22]
  • 2022-11-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of vacancies at Tourism Ireland; when the competition for each of these vacancies will end; the anticipated timeframe of filling these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56731/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of public sector workers under her remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2380/22]
  • 2021-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will review the inconsistency across entertainment and promotional companies in relation to offering the personal assistant of a person with a disability tickets free-of-charge; if she will consider reviewing this and establishing a policy to ensure accessibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47917/21]
  • 2021-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a universal basic income payment is still to be piloted for the arts sector in 2022; the rationale for changing the type of payment proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47918/21]
  • 2021-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a Gaeltacht college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/21]
  • 2021-10-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if she will review their access rights. [47975/21]
  • 2021-04-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if financial supports are available to members of an association (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the business continuation scheme does not include many of its members given they do not meet the criteria of the minimum income threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18019/21]
  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on amending section 9 of the Official Languages Act 2003 and the 2008 regulations to include a provision similar to that which exists in Wales, which would require public bodies to place the Irish language text in such a position as that it is likely to be read first. [37159/20]
• Defence 22 questions

  • 2024-01-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will comment on the terms of reference of the statutory inquiry into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2794/24]
  • 2023-11-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he accepts that the equating of “trips, slips, and falls” with rape and abuse was an unfortunate error in his letter to victims of the Defence Forces who have been subjected to such horrendous crimes; if he will recall and reissue the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50910/23]
  • 2023-11-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will replace the term "complaints" with "incidents of abuse" in the terms of reference of the statutory inquiry into abuse in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50911/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45769/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44153/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence in view of the fact that only seven women were accepted into the Defence Forces despite over 617 applications received, if he is concerned by the low number of successful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36105/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33578/23]
  • 2023-07-04 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence why only seven women were accepted into the Defence Forces in the last call despite over 617 women applying; if he thinks that this low number of female recruits is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32847/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8890/23]
  • 2023-02-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will declare any conflict of interest in defence matters; if any matters came to him as Taoiseach that required his decision that now mean he has a prior position on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5226/23]
  • 2023-02-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has ordered any reviews into training procedures and gender discrimination in the Defence Forces since becoming Minister; the number of reviews ongoing presently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5227/23]
  • 2022-07-05 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to invite his German counterpart to Ireland later in 2022. [36158/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2356/22]
  • 2021-10-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the overall cost of providing, maintaining and fuelling the one Air Corps aircraft provided for helicopter emergency medical services related work to his Department per year. [50634/21]
  • 2021-10-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the average yearly cost to the Air Corps or his Department for the provision of a helicopter emergency medical services aircraft to the taxpayer for both the aircraft and associated costs. [50635/21]
  • 2021-09-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the status of the investigation as a result of a campaign (details supplied); if he is considering an inquiry to report back on the steps his Department has taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47127/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the current costings of the emergency aeromedical service offered by his Department to operate for a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46989/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the total sum of Exchequer funding that the emergency aeromedical service receives from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46992/21]
  • 2021-09-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the key performance indicator analysis of the emergency aeromedical service in terms of the number of callouts received from the National Ambulance Service, average arrival time and so on; and the breakdown of the number of incidents that have been attended to by the service in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [46995/21]
  • 2021-06-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence the status of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020. [34627/21]
  • 2020-12-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the military police will start early in 2021. [43088/20]
  • 2020-11-03 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Defence if there are plans to have LÉ Niamh undergo a mid-life refit. [33858/20]
• Taoiseach 20 questions

  • 2024-05-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17612/24]
  • 2024-05-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [18273/24]
  • 2024-05-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [18272/24]
  • 2024-05-01 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [17611/24]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024 [45782/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department. [33591/23]
  • 2023-06-14 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach if he will provide on update on recent meetings of Cabinet committees, with particular reference to the committees on housing, children and education and health. [25992/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds applicable, in tabular form. [8888/23]
  • 2023-02-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of persons employed in 2022, by industry and county, in tabular form. [7746/23]
  • 2023-01-31 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach when it is expected that the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [3275/23]
  • 2022-12-13 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the protocol for Ministers visiting counties and constituencies in respect of extending invitations to local councillors and Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [62345/22]
  • 2022-05-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of producing a labour force survey in County Clare; the estimated household sample size required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23946/22]
  • 2022-05-17 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of producing a survey on income and living conditions for County Clare; the estimated household sample size required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23950/22]
  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of producing a labour force survey for County Clare; and the estimated household sample size required. [10297/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of persons aged 15 to 89 years of age in employment in County Clare in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [1635/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the employment rate by gender in County Clare for those aged 15 to 64 years of age in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [1636/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of persons aged 15 to 89 years of age in employment classified by NACE Rev. 2 Economic Sector in County Clare in each of the years 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [1637/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of persons aged 15 to 89 years in employment classified by gender and full-time and part-time status in County Clare in each of the years from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [1638/22]
  • 2022-01-19 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register in County Clare in November of each year from 2016 to 2021 inclusive by age, gender, occupation, nationality, and duration in tabular form. [1653/22]
  • 2020-06-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach the number of all non-Covid-19 related deaths and cause of death that have occurred for each month of 2020, in tabular form. [13611/20]
• Public Expenditure 10 questions

  • 2024-09-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of complaints that have been submitted to the Ombudsman in respect of local authorities, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37032/24]
  • 2024-04-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of unused or derelict Garda stations in County Clare; if he has any plans for the use of same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/24]
  • 2023-10-26 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on his Department’s allocation of moneys to the Department of Health in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46955/23]
  • 2023-10-18 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45779/23]
  • 2023-10-10 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/23]
  • 2023-07-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide the names and contact information of all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33588/23]
  • 2023-06-29 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will furnish all Deputies with a full list of names and contact details for all special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31900/23]
  • 2023-05-11 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the progress of Project Ireland 2040 deliverables with respect to County Clare to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22160/23]
  • 2023-03-02 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby a Deputy who resigns his or her party Whip loses his or her parliamentary activities allowance; if he will seek to rectify this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10589/23]
  • 2023-02-21 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of discrimination cases taken and won against his Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8894/23]
• Employment 4 questions

  • 2020-07-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received for the enterprise support grant from businesses in County Clare; the number of these that have been successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20903/20]
  • 2020-06-23 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures which will be put in place for applicants for the working family payment that are due for a review of the payment that will be affected by Covid-19 reduced working hours under the criteria that they must work 38 or more hours each fortnight; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12507/20]
  • 2020-05-27 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision is being made for the pandemic unemployment payment to be extended for students with a high-risk health status and that have been advised by their general practitioners not to return to work in the hospitality industry. [8031/20]
  • 2020-05-20 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable men, women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months or for the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6727/20]
• Business 3 questions

  • 2020-07-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for supports under the various schemes for businesses impacted by Covid-19 that have been received from businesses in County Clare; the number of these that have been processed to date; the number that have been successful; the amount allocated to these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20904/20]
  • 2020-07-30 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses in County Clare; the funding allocated to the authority; the number of businesses in County Clare that have received funding under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/20]
  • 2020-06-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts made by her Department and the IDA to replace the 500 jobs lost by the decision of a company (details supplied) to close by 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10409/20]
• Media 2 questions

  • 2020-09-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans for a school (details supplied) that has now been closed coming up on four years; her further plans on reopening the school to develop and expand the delivery of Irish in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23423/20]
  • 2020-09-08 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the procedure for dealing with the issue of pine martens attacking animals on farms; the supports put in place to assist farms in cases in which they have an issue with pine martins; and the way in which a person (details supplied) and their neighbours will receive assistance. [21275/20]
• Community 2 questions

  • 2020-09-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the supports her Department has made and plans to make available for community groups and organisations that have lost significant amounts of revenue during Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23421/20]
  • 2020-09-15 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the supports she can offer a company (details supplied) to navigate over this period coming out of Covid-19. [23422/20]
• Communications 2 questions

  • 2020-07-16 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to include Moneypoint power station in the just transition fund in the event the plant may be scaled back in the coming years; and if he will engage effectively with the ESB to ensure that Moneypoint will be kept as a key player in the grid. [16391/20]
  • 2020-06-09 Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if provisions are being put in place for residents of a direct provision centre (details supplied) in County Clare to have access to the internet in their rooms in view of the fact that children of school-going age reside in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10410/20]